Fire-guard and soot-catcher



(No Model) G, A. 'PIOKLE. FIRE GUARD AND SOOT GATGHER.

WU esses F]? ANDREW B GRAHAM PHOTO-LITHQWASHIN GTDN. D C

' To all whom it may concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

GABRIEL A. PICKLE, OF EAGLE LAKE, MINNESOTA;

FIRE-GUARD AND SOOT-CATCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,101, dated April14, 1896.

Application filed April 15, 1895. Serial No. 545,776. (No model.)

Be it known that I, GABRIEL A. PICKLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eagle Lake, in the county of Blue Earth and State ofMinnesota, have invented anew and useful Fire-Guard-and Soot-Catcher, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fire-guards and soot-catchers.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive device adapted to be readily connected with an ordinarystovepipe and designed to be interposed between a stove and a chimney toprevent ignited particles of combustion from passing through thestovepipe or flue and entering a chimney and burning out the latter.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a device which willnot interfere with the draft of the stove, and which will collect thesoot and prevent the same clogging the stovepipe or flue.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fire-guard andsoot-catcher constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a stovepipe-section, designed to form a portion of astovepipe, extending from a stove to a chimney. The stovepipesection 1is provided in its bottom with a longitudinal opening 2, located at themouth of a tapering soot-receptacle 3, depending from thestovepipe-section 1.

The tapering soot-receptacle is composed of substantially triangularsides, secured at their upper edges at 4 to the outer faces of theopposite sides of the stovepipe-section 1, and the sides of thesoot-receptacle are provided at their inclined edges withinwardlyextending laterally-disposed flanges 5, overlapping, securedtogether, and forming the end walls of the soot-receptacle. Thesubstantially triangular sides are provided at their truncated lowerends with inwardly-extending supporting-flanges 6, forming ways,

flanges 5, which form the end Walls of the re ceptacle, have their upperedges cut away or recessed to conform tothe configuration of theadjacent portion of the stovepipe-section 1.

Within the stovepipe-section 1 is arranged a circular shield ordeflector 9, consisting of a disk of imperforate sheet metal, secured tothe stovepipe-section 1 by L-shaped plates or knees 10, and having itsbottom portion 11 bent at a slight angle in the direction of the stove,the products of combustion passing through the pipe-section 1 in thedirection of the arrow in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. Thisshield or deflector does not interfere with the draft of the stove, andthe sparks and other products of combustion passing through thestovepipe impinge against the deflector or shield and are stopped intheir outward passage and are caused to fall into the receptacle 3. Thisalso prevents the stovepipe from filling up and becoming clogged, andthere is no liability of the chimney burning out.

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive inconstruction, that it may be readily applied to any ordinary stovepipeconnection between the stove and chimney, and that, while checking-andstopping sparks and other products of combustion and causing the same tocollect in the receptacle, it does not interfere with the draft of thestove.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim. is

1. Ina device of the class described, the combination of a horizontalstovepipe-section provided at its bottom with a longitudinal opening, afixed depending circular deflector or shield arranged within thestovepipe-section and constructed of sheet metal and being of the samediameter as the interior of the same and located centrally of thelongitudinal opening, and having its bottom por tion bent at an angle inthe direct-ion of the stove to present a concave surface to the productsof combustion, and a substantially triangular receptacle depending fromthe stovepipe and surrounding the opening thereof, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a horizontalstovepipe-section provided at its bottom with alongitudinal opening, arigidly-mounted imperforate deflector or shield arranged within thestovepipe-section at the opening thereof, and a substantially triangularreceptacle depending from the stovepipe-section and arranged beneath theopening thereof, and composed of the opposite sides secured at theirupper edges to the stovepipe-section and provided at their inclinededges with inwardly-extending transverse flanges overlapping and formingthe end walls of the receptacle and recessed at their upper ends toconform to the configuration of the stovepipe-section, said sides beingprovided at their lower edges with horizontal supporting-flanges 6, anda removable sliding bottom 7 arranged on the flanges 6, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GABRIEL A. PIOKLE.

IVitnesses:

CHARLES HOWARD, J. D. MORRIS.

